Brian Melo

About Brian Melo

Multifaceted Senior Level engineer with a proven track record of quality roles covering supplier and manufacturing, seeking a managerial role in quality. Varied skills developed from 12+ years’ experience that include power generation, aviation, defense, and electronic/circuit card industries. Excellent communication skills with customers, vendors, and coworkers ranging from front line operators through senior management and directors.

Experience

1. Senior Quality Manager

   Raytheon

   May 2025 — Present · Andover, MA, US

   Systematically translate, analyze, and prioritize customer needs, legal and contractual requirements, and company policy and objectives into quality performance standards and operational definitions to ensures the full compliance to technical requirements, company policies and procedures- Lead and mentor a team of quality engineers and provide project status to Operations and Program Quality Leadership teams- Baseline factory metrics (Scrap, Rework, FPY, TUH, etc.), identify top drivers, forecast future demand for top drivers and identify areas of opportunity for improvement- Lead/Drive Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) initiatives (PFMEA, control Plans, SPC, etc.) using baseline metrics and future demand- Daily collaboration with cross-functional teams to maintain and meet organizational goals and objectives. These groups include technical support, manufacturing/test/design engineering, maintenance, production control, finance, and the program management office- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities using CORE- Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including senior management, to provide updates on issues, improvement projects and contribute to strategic decision-making.

Education

• Wentworth Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's of Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Skills

• Pfmea
• Fmea
• Design for Manufacturing
• Manufacturing
• Six Sigma
• Lean Manufacturing
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Change Acceleration Program (Cap)
• Process Engineering
• Thermal Spray
• Mechanical Engineering
• Project Engineering
• Unigraphics
• Gd&T
• Continuous Improvement
• Finite Element Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Solidworks